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Tangier

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:55 pm
by MattleyCrue
Why don’t we talk about Tangier enough?

Damn “You’re Not the Lovin Kind” is ripping on my AirPods right now!

Re: Tangier

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:59 pm
by dmbrocker
"Ripcord", "On the Line", and "Stranded" are my favorite songs of theirs. Nothing special, but they're pretty good for bluesy Cinderella clones, which actually makes sense considering they're both Phiily bands...

Re: Tangier

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:23 pm
by Wild Obsession
Both albums are solid, but I think actually prefer the 2nd "Stranded".

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:56 am
by Bono Nettencourt
I'm from Philly and I barely knew who they were... Mike LeCompt (singer from 2nd record) still treads the boards in the PA-NJ area.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:22 am
by HoldenSSV
MattleyCrue wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:55 pm Damn “You’re Not the Lovin Kind” is ripping on my AirPods right now!
That sounds like a ripoff/mashup of "Fallin' Apart At The Seams" and "Gypsy Road".

I prefer Four Winds.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:37 am
by greengoblinrulz
Got a lil run in 91. Opened up the Cinderalla spring tour for awhile. Decent enough but was in that weird 90/91 era where SO MUCH material was coming out & it was overwhelming at times to keep up

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:59 am
by DemonFilth2001
I think I owned the debut. Bought this and Tora Tora around the same time. Neither was bad. Neither was good.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:06 am
by Bono Nettencourt
Man, my buddy LOVED that 1st Tora Tora record... fid nothing for me.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 10:13 am
by Ozzy Stradlin
The first album, Four Winds, has its moments, the best of which is “On The Line”, which got some play on MTV.

The second album has a different lead singer, and nothing remarkable about it that I remember.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:21 pm
by jhenders
Wild Obsession wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:23 pm Both albums are solid, but I think actually prefer the 2nd "Stranded".
Same! From what I've heard, the original vocalist, Bill Mattson, was forced out because he was much older than the rest of the band and they brought in Mike LeCompt for the "Stranded" album in an attempt to be more commercial.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:38 pm
by cowpins
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:59 am I think I owned the debut. Bought this and Tora Tora around the same time. Neither was bad. Neither was good.
And Shark Island, Little Caesar, and Junkyard. We probably read about them in the same mag.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:45 pm
by MattleyCrue
cowpins wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:38 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:59 am I think I owned the debut. Bought this and Tora Tora around the same time. Neither was bad. Neither was good.
And Shark Island, Little Caesar, and Junkyard. We probably read about them in the same mag.
Honestly almost sounds like Little Caesar singer

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:21 pm
by Ozzy Stradlin
jhenders wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 1:21 pm
Wild Obsession wrote: Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:23 pm Both albums are solid, but I think actually prefer the 2nd "Stranded".
Same! From what I've heard, the original vocalist, Bill Mattson, was forced out because he was much older than the rest of the band and they brought in Mike LeCompt for the "Stranded" album in an attempt to be more commercial.
For my ears, that was a mistake.

The first album wasn’t very consistent, songwise, but at least Mattson had sort of a low-key Paul Rodgers thing going on, vocally.

What I heard from the second album just sounded like another band from the era.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:30 pm
by DemonFilth2001
cowpins wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:38 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:59 am I think I owned the debut. Bought this and Tora Tora around the same time. Neither was bad. Neither was good.
And Shark Island, Little Caesar, and Junkyard. We probably read about them in the same mag.
Yep! I had Little Caesar and Junkyard too!

Re: Tangier

Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:41 pm
by dmbrocker
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:30 pm
cowpins wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:38 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 9:59 am I think I owned the debut. Bought this and Tora Tora around the same time. Neither was bad. Neither was good.
And Shark Island, Little Caesar, and Junkyard. We probably read about them in the same mag.
Yep! I had Little Caesar and Junkyard too!
I have every one of those debuts in my collection. All pretty good, but if I had to choose the best one, I’d say Shark Island or Junkyard. SI’s “Paris Calling”, Junkyard’s “Hollywood” and “Simple Man”, and Tora Tora’s “Walkin’ Shoes” are all great hair tunes, anyway.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:08 am
by cowpins
dmbrocker wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:41 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:30 pm
cowpins wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:38 pm

And Shark Island, Little Caesar, and Junkyard. We probably read about them in the same mag.
Yep! I had Little Caesar and Junkyard too!
I have every one of those debuts in my collection. All pretty good, but if I had to choose the best one, I’d say Shark Island or Junkyard. SI’s “Paris Calling”, Junkyard’s “Hollywood” and “Simple Man”, and Tora Tora’s “Walkin’ Shoes” are all great hair tunes, anyway.
All solid bands, and adding Havana Black to the mix. Mattley, did you get into Havanna Black from Finland?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM2b8oY ... el=Planet3

Re: Tangier

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 10:24 am
by kingbrian74
Because if we are talking about Tangier, that means we are NOT talking about Vinnie Vincent! And that is bad.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 4:27 pm
by MattleyCrue
cowpins wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:08 am
dmbrocker wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:41 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:30 pm

Yep! I had Little Caesar and Junkyard too!
I have every one of those debuts in my collection. All pretty good, but if I had to choose the best one, I’d say Shark Island or Junkyard. SI’s “Paris Calling”, Junkyard’s “Hollywood” and “Simple Man”, and Tora Tora’s “Walkin’ Shoes” are all great hair tunes, anyway.
All solid bands, and adding Havana Black to the mix. Mattley, did you get into Havanna Black from Finland?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM2b8oY ... el=Planet3
Don’t really like Havana Black. That band reminds me of Thunder

Re: Tangier

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:43 pm
by SeniorGrande
Gary Nutt.

Heh.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 8:30 am
by wildside1969
SeniorGrande wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:43 pm Gary Nutt.

Heh.
Its Garry Nutt, 2 R's and 2 T's. I guess he was trying to pull a Nikki Sixx.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:11 am
by Hellsinkey
cowpins wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:08 am
dmbrocker wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:41 pm
DemonFilth2001 wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:30 pm

Yep! I had Little Caesar and Junkyard too!
I have every one of those debuts in my collection. All pretty good, but if I had to choose the best one, I’d say Shark Island or Junkyard. SI’s “Paris Calling”, Junkyard’s “Hollywood” and “Simple Man”, and Tora Tora’s “Walkin’ Shoes” are all great hair tunes, anyway.
All solid bands, and adding Havana Black to the mix. Mattley, did you get into Havanna Black from Finland?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM2b8oY ... el=Planet3
Good band, there's a book about them to be released here in February.

Re: Tangier

Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 11:05 am
by Ozzy Stradlin
I didn’t know this, but according to their Wiki page, “On The Line” got as high as #67 on the billboard singles chart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier_( ... dio_albums

A quick reference check verifies this to be true:

https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/